109 Chinese Peacekeepers Depart For Sudan’s Darfur

December 21, 2016Uncategorized

Beijing, A Chinese engineering team consisting of 109 peacekeepers departed Beijing Capital International Airport in a UN chartered plane to Sudan’s Darfur on Wednesday for a one-year peacekeeping mission.

The peacekeepers are part of a 225-member team, which is the 13th group to be sent to the Darfur region. The rest of the team is scheduled to depart on December 27th.

The team will take on a number of tasks, including building makeshift airports, roads, bridges and defense works.

China now has more than 2000 peacekeepers serving in UN missions in nine regions, including South Sudan, the Darfur region of Sudan, Mali and Liberia.